Question About Your Collection
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Question About Your Collection
So, I was just looking through at the insane amount of toys some people have, and it got me thinking about all the toys I had growing up, now, unfortunately my other sold every single transformers toy I owned (which according to my bro, was every single one possibly available in the uk (on general release) up until '93 when we moved.
So, how much of your collection (specifically the G1 toys) are ones you owned in the 80s? And how many of them are ones you have picked up in the last 10-15 years?
So, how much of your collection (specifically the G1 toys) are ones you owned in the 80s? And how many of them are ones you have picked up in the last 10-15 years?
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I had much less TFs in the 80's (needed space for GI Joe, He-Man, etc.), but here's the list of what I had from G1: Optimus Prime, Grapple, Cyclonus, Devastator, Tantrum, Kickback, Runamuck, Goldbug, and a few Gobots. To this day, I still have Grapple, Cyclonus, Devastator, and Tantrum.
Nowadays (I started collecting again about 3 years ago), I have many more (cause now I actually have a paycheck instead of an allowance). And I have about 90% Classics/Universe in my collection. Maybe it's just my inner child picking up all those G1 TFs I never had as a kid...
Nowadays (I started collecting again about 3 years ago), I have many more (cause now I actually have a paycheck instead of an allowance). And I have about 90% Classics/Universe in my collection. Maybe it's just my inner child picking up all those G1 TFs I never had as a kid...
I've told my particular story at least 3 times on here in different threads, so I'll save you the discomfort of the whole story and just say that my entire G1 collection was thrown away by my wicked stepmother. Only my G1 Grimlock survived as he was already with me when I moved out the weekend earlier. So 1% of my collection would be G1 that I actually owned in the 80s.
There's a Cinderella story in there somewhere... is Grimlock the fairy godmother or the glass shoe?Kali wrote:I've told my particular story at least 3 times on here in different threads, so I'll save you the discomfort of the whole story and just say that my entire G1 collection was thrown away by my wicked stepmother. Only my G1 Grimlock survived as he was already with me when I moved out the weekend earlier. So 1% of my collection would be G1 that I actually owned in the 80s.
As for me, I still have Sixshot and the two Decpticon Powermaster jets, and I have 98% of my Micromasters. I think I've only ever lost three.
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Nope, no G1s. Just an old Laser Optimus trailer that I still have despite no longer having Laser Optimus...Everything else is either Cybertron, Classics, Movie, Animated, or Universe 2.0.
No longer looking for RID Dreadwind, but I still need Smokejumper. I'm also in need of Mammoth Nemesis Prime's tail piece, as my figure lacks it. Send me a PM.
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I have nothinhg left from back in the day and have collected everything I have in the last 2-3 years since a chance Youtube search result threw up a couple of G1 cartoon clips and it sparked my interest again.
Loss of job. Will sell for food here.
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Still have lots of the G1 figures, including Defensor, Devastator, parts of Superion and Menasor, Sunstreaker, Inferno, Jazz, Ironhide, Powermaster Prime, lots of the folks from Goldbug's line, Grimlock...
Though none of them [bar that complete Defensor and Ironhide] have any value to me nor are displayed at all.
Though none of them [bar that complete Defensor and Ironhide] have any value to me nor are displayed at all.
Few stuff in the UK to trade/sell. Measly sales thread.
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All my G1 figures were given to me by my neighbor when he started high school. That was back in 1990. So I've got Ratchet, Thurst w/ with Starscream's wings, Bombshell w/ a broken horn, Shrapnel, Venom, Topspin, Overdrive, Brawn, and Astrotrain. Everyone is missing their weapons with the exception of Topspin. Yeah, after that most of my Transformers are some random G2 figures and every Beast Wars figure I could get my hands on back when I was in grade school.
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All my G1's were pretty much stolen from me when I was a kid. Fortress Maximus was jacked out of the back of my mom's car, so I had about had it with them, so I said F it. I got some G2's when I was a teenager, but then I lost interest and gave them away to some poor kid. So no, I don't have any from the 80's. I got all the ones I have now in the last year, mostly.